English: Stonecrop.
Synonym: Sedum forsterianum
Region: western Europe, Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal.
Habitat: rocks and screes on dry soils; elevations up to 360 metres; moderately cold-hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to around -15°c when dormant; prefers moist, but well-drained, fairly fertile soil in a sunny position; will do well in quite dry positions, in poor soils and in light shade; very drought tolerant; grows on a wall; requires a sunny position.
Content: alkaloid, sedine, sedamine; alkaloids, tannins, cyanogenic compounds, flavanoids.
Ecology: often specially targeted by slugs; immune to the predations of rabbits.
Use: food, leaves, raw or cooked; green roof and green wall systems.
BotanyHerb; evergreen; perennial; 20 cm tall; mat-forming.
Stems: numerous creeping stems that form roots as they grow; short, ascending sterile stems; longer blooming stems; 15 to 30 cm.
Flowers: yellow; blooming June, July
Pollination: by bees, flies, self
TaxonomyClosely related to
Petrosedum rupestre.